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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1909. Undated [1909]. Single volume from a set of Thackeray's work, small format (6.25" tall) in full blue-green leather over flexible covers, gilt spine lettering and decoration, top edge gilt, frontis plate in black and white. Generally good but a little worn with some rubbing and scuffing to the extremities, slightly faded spine, firm binding, some light finger soil to outer edges of text block, clean pages with no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Synopsis
Written immediately after Vanity Fair, Pendennis has a similar atmosphere of brooding disillusion, tempered by the most jovial of wits. But here Thackeray plunders his own past to create the character of Pendennis and the world in which he lives: from miserable schoolboy to striving journalist, from carefree Oxbridge to the high (and low) life of London. The result is a superbly panoramic blend of people, action and background. The true ebb and flow of life is caught and the credibility of Pen, his worldly uncle, the Major, and many of the other characters, extends far beyond the pages of the novel. Held together by Thackeray's flowing, confident prose, with its conversational ease of tone, Pendennis is as rich a portrait of England in the 1830s and 40s as it is a thorough and thoroughly entertaining self-portrait.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031850
- Title
- The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- BRITISH AUTHORS WRITERS LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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